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EXHIBIT 99  
MSHA CITATIONS AND LITIGATION  
On July 21, 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Dodd-Frank Act) was enacted. Section 1503 of the Dodd-Frank Act requires companies that are “operators” (as such term is defined in the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (the Mine Act) to disclose certain mine safety information in each periodic report to the Commission. This information is related to the enforcement of the Mine Act by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).
The Dodd-Frank Act requires disclosure of the following categories of violations, orders and citations: (1) Section 104 S&S Citations, which are citations issued for violations of mandatory health or safety standards that could significantly and substantially contribute to the cause and effect of a mine safety or health hazard; (2) Section 104(b) Orders, which are orders issued upon a follow up inspection where the inspector finds the violation previously cited has not been totally abated in the prescribed time period; (3) Section 104(d) Citations and Orders, which issued upon violations of mandatory health or safety standards caused by an unwarrantable failure of the operator to comply with the standards; (4) Section 110(b)(2) Violations, which results from the reckless and repeated failure to eliminate a known violation; (5) Section 107(a) Orders, which are given when MSHA determines that an imminent danger exists and results in an order of immediate withdrawal from the area of the mine affected by the condition; and (6) written notices from MSHA of a pattern of violations of mandatory health or safety standards that are of such nature as could have significantly and substantially contributed to the cause and effect of mine health or safety hazards under Section 104(e). In addition, the Dodd-Frank Act requires the disclosure of the total dollar value of proposed assessments from MSHA under the Mine Act and the total number of mining related fatalities.
The following disclosures are made pursuant to Section 1503.
During the three months ended March 31, 2011, none of our operations: (i) received notice from MSHA of a pattern of violations of mandatory health or safety standards that are of such a nature as could have significantly and substantially contributed to the cause and effect of mine health or safety hazards under Section 104(e) of the Mine Act or the potential to have such a pattern; (ii) had any mining-related fatalities; or (iii) had any flagrant violations under Section 110(b)(2) of the Mine Act.
Exhibit 99

 

FIRST QUARTER 2011
The table below sets forth, by mine, the total number of citations and/or orders issued during the period covered by this report to us by MSHA under the indicated provisions of the Mine Act, together with the total dollar value of proposed assessments, if any, from MSHA, received during the three months ended March 31, 2011. Of our 255 active MSHA-regulated facilities, we received 149 federal mine safety inspections at 128 operations during the reporting period. Of our inspected operations, 98 did not receive any reportable citations or orders.
                                                                                               
 
                                                                    Total Dollar                 Received    
                                                                    Value of                 Written    
                                      Mine Act                           Proposed       Total       Notice    
                  Total                 § 104(d)                           MSHA       Number       under    
                  Number       Mine Act       Citations       Mine Act       Mine Act       Assessments       of Mining       Mine Act    
        Number of       of S&S       § 104(b)       and       § 110(b)(2)       § 107(a)       (dollars in       Related       § 104(e)    
  Name of Operation     Inspections       Citations       Orders       Orders       Violations       Orders       thousands)       Fatalities       (yes/no)    
 
1604 Stone, TX
       1         2         0         0         0         0         0.0         0       No  
 
Blackrock Quarrry, AR
       1         1         0         0         0         0         0.3         0       No  
 
Chattanooga Quarry, TN
       2         1         0         0         0         0         0.0         0       No  
 
Clarksville Quarry, TN
       1         4         0         0         0         0         0.0         0       No  
 
Cleveland Quarry, TN
       1         1         0         0         0         0         0.0         0       No  
 
Columbia Quarry, SC
       1         1         0         0         0         0         0.2         0       No  
 
Dabney Asphalt Quarry, TX
       1         1         0         1         0         1         0.0         0       No  
 
Dolcito Stone, AL
       3         1         0         0         0         0         0.1         0       No  
 
Hanover Quarry, PA
       1         1         0         0         0         0         0.2         0       No  
 
Havre De Grace Quarry, MD
       1         1         0         0         0         0         0.2         0       No  
 
Kankakee, IL
       1         1         0         0         0         0         0.0         0       No  
 
Laraway, IL
       1         3         0         0         0         0         1.5         0       No  
 
Lawreneville Quarry, VA
       1         1         0         0         0         0         0.3         0       No  
 
Lithia Springs, GA
       1         3         0         0         0         0         0.0         0       No  
 
Lyman, SC
       2         2         0         0         0         0         0.6         0       No  
 
Miami Quarry, FL
       1         2         0         0         0         0         0.0         0       No  
 
MSD Mach & Serv, TN
       2         2         0         0         0         0         0.0         0       No  
 
Pacolet, SC
       1         1         0         0         0         0         0.7         0       No  
 
Pleasanton S&G, CA
       2         2         0         0         0         0         0.4         0       No  
 
Pocomoke City S&G, MD
       1         1         0         0         0         0         0.0         0       No  
 
Puddledock, VA
       1         2         0         0         0         0         0.9         0       No  
 
Sacramento Plant, CA
       1         1         0         0         0         0         0.0         0       No  
 
Savannah Quarry, TN
       1         1         0         0         0         0         0.0         0       No  
 
Springfield Quarry, TN
       1         2         0         0         0         0         0.0         0       No  
 
Table Mountain Plant, CA
       1         1         0         0         0         0         0.0         0       No  
 
Tampa Cement Grinding Plant, FL
       1         3         0         0         0         0         0.0         0       No  
 
Tehuacana Quarry, TX
       1         1         0         0         0         0         0.0         0       No  
 
TSB Cement Plant, FL
       1         3         0         0         0         1         4.7         0       No  
 
Vulcan Fab Shop, SC
       1         1         0         0         0         0         0.2         0       No  
 
Witherspoon Sand Plant, FL
       1         1         0         0         0         0         1.9         0       No  
 
Other Operations - 98
       113         0         0         0         0                   0.0         0       No  
 
Total
       149         48         0         1         0         2         12.3                        
 
The total dollar value of proposed assessments received during the three months ended March 31, 2011 for all other citations, as well as proposed assessments received during the reporting period for citations previously issued, is $91,704
The table below set forth, by mine, the pending legal actions filed before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission during the three months ended March 31, 2011. We initiated each of these actions in order to contest the appropriateness of citations issued.
                             
 
  Name of Operation     State     Case Type     Action Type     Date Case Filed  
 
Shelbyville
     TN     Contest Order     104(b)     1/6/2011  
 
Shelbyville
     TN     Contest Order     104(b)     1/6/2011  
 
Shelbyville
     TN     Contest Order     104(b)     1/6/2011  
 
Shelbyville
     TN     Contest Order     104(b)     1/6/2011  
 
Shelbyville
     TN     Contest Order     104(b)     1/6/2011  
 
Shelbyville
     TN     Contest Order     104(b)     1/6/2011  
 
Adairsville
     GA     Contest Penalty     104(a)     2/15/2011  
 
Helena
     AL     Contest Penalty     104(a) S&S, 104(d)(1) S&S     2/17/2011  
 
McCook
     IL     Contest Penalty     104(a), 104(a) S&S     2/17/2011  
 
Bartlett UG
     IL     Contest Penalty     104(a), 104(a) S&S     2/24/2011  
 
Notasulga
     AL     Contest Penalty     104(a)     3/2/2011  
 
Polk S&G
     FL     Contest Penalty     104(a)     3/23/2011  
 
Laraway
     IL     Contest Penalty     104(a) S&S     3/30/2011  
 
Exhibit 99